Flexible corner trim product
AssigneeAmundson Technology, LLC
InventorGregory A. Amundson
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Abstract
A trim piece for sealing a work surface including a body having a first side, a second side, and a span disposed between the first side and the second side, wherein the first side and the second side are joined at a junction defining an angle between the first side and the second side of between 80 degrees and 100 degrees, a topcap is affixed to the span of the body, wherein the topcap includes a left side having a first wing and a right side having a second wing, an adhesive is bonded to the first side of the body and an aperture is disposed within the body.
Claims15
A trim piece for sealing a joint in a work surface, the trim piece, comprising:
- a polymer material such that an elongated unitary structure of indeterminate length is formed which when viewed in cross section, includes:
- a body having a top cap, and a first side and a second side each extending downwardly from the top cap and converging together at a centrally located intersection;
- the top cap including a first portion extending outwardly away relative to said body first side in a first direction and a second portion extending outwardly away relative to said body second side in a diametrically opposed second direction, the first portion and the second portion comprising a first radius portion and a second radius portion each comprising a decreasing thickness forming a curved surface to the first portion and the second portion, to facilitate flexibility of the first portion and the second portion;
- an adhesive external to said body first and second sides, said adhesive having a shape comprising a first outer contact surface extending at an angle to said first direction and a second outer contact surface extending at an angle to said second direction, such that the first outer contact surface meets the lower surface of the first portion proximate a boundary of the first radius portion and the second outer contact surface meets the lower surface of the second portion proximate a boundary of the second radius portion.
A method of making a trim piece, comprising:
- extruding a polymer material such that an elongated unitary structure of indeterminate length is formed which when viewed in cross section, includes:
- a body having a top cap, and a first side and a second side each extending downwardly from the top cap and converging together at a centrally located intersection;
- the top cap including a first portion extending outwardly away relative to said body first side in a first direction and a second portion extending outwardly away relative to said body second side in a diametrically opposed second direction, the first portion and the second portion comprising a first radius portion and a second radius portion each comprising a decreasing thickness forming a curved surface to the first portion and the second portion, to facilitate flexibility of the first portion and the second portion;
- an adhesive external to said body first and second sides, said adhesive having a shape comprising a first outer contact surface extending at an angle to said first direction and a second outer contact surface extending at an angle to said second direction, such that the first outer contact surface meets the lower surface of the first portion proximate a boundary of the first radius portion and the second outer contact surface meets the lower surface of the second portion proximate a boundary of the second radius portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.